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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 170728, tabled on 5 September 2018

Question

Helen Goodman
Labour
Bishop Auckland
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Chinese counterpart on the human rights of ethnic minorities.

Answer

Mark Field
Conservative
Cities of London and Westminster
Commons

Answered on

10 September 2018

We remain concerned about the treatment of ethnic minorities in China - particularly in Tibet and Xinjiang.

The Foreign Secretary raised our concerns about the situation in Xinjiang with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to China in July 2018. I also raised our concerns about Xinjiang with Vice Minister Guo Yezhou during my visit to China on 22 July 2018.

We also raised our concerns about Tibet and Xinjiang in the June 2018 UN Human Rights Council and at the last round of the UK/China Human Rights Dialogue in June 2017.

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